pseudopeptide

noun

pseudopeptide

noun

Etymology From pseudo- + peptide.

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Chemistry, Natural sciences, Organic chemistry, Physical sciences An amide of an amino acid that does not occur in natural peptides or proteins, especially one introduced into a polypeptide chain

  • An alternative route for the preparation of monomer 5, in which the pseudopeptide intermediate is obtained by reductive N-alkylation, was outlined previously [13 ].2015 October 16, “Polyanionic Carboxyethyl Peptide Nucleic Acids ( ce -PNAs): Synthesis and DNA Binding”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
Derived terms
heptapseudopeptide
Related terms
pseudopeptidic

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